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The Galloway Hoard

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The Hoard has been at the centre of discussions between the National Museums of Scotland (NMS) and our Council for a number of months in relation to the homing and ownership of the Galloway Viking Hoard collection, which was discovered by a metal detectorist in Galloway in September 2014.........

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:shock: Thank you very much for posting this. It was very, very interesting.

Did the final amount get raised to save the hoard?

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Cheers Euan, I was wondering that myself.
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Great story and FANTASTIC artefacts.

Yes they did raise the money and bought the hoard for Scotland - https://www.artfund.org/news/2017/10/26 ... the-nation
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Thanks for the link Pete :g50:
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Thanks Pete :g50:
dig-it-pete wrote:Great story and FANTASTIC artefacts.

Yes they did raise the money and bought the hoard for Scotland - https://www.artfund.org/news/2017/10/26 ... the-nation

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